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Like I said I would, I've updated Rorim B's sprites to match his redesign! sooooo happy that the sprite inconsistency will be solved in V13 tbh JDFKDFdjgd IT'S ABOUT TIME, anyways i only made this post to show off disco dad im out again bye

Added a link to the recently made monotype guide!

Will V13 use the SwSh level up movepool or UsUm's? We're doing a mix! We're adding in the new moves from the swsh learnpool to the usum learnpool, while keeping the old moves as well. Did new TM's replace the old ones, or have they been added as new items without replacing the old ones? The new TM's have been added as new items and will not replace old TM's. In regards to TR's -- we're not adding those, but the moves you could learn from TR's will be taught via tutors that will become available in the game! Will old moves be removed from mons that previously had them? Nope! The movepools will only have new moves added and no moves will be removed. This means that moves like Return etc. all will remain accessible and usable.

CURRENTLY MOST ASKED QUESTIONS (No spoilers!): Q: Will Dynamaxing/Gigantamaxing be implemented with V13? A: No, we will not be adding Dynamaxing to the game. We understand that it might throw the balancing of the game completely out of whack, and it'd be too hard to find a fair balance with all the pokemon being able to use it. To compensate for Gigantamax mons though, we'll be adding those as custom Megas into the game. Q: Are you adding Gen 8.5 (DLC) mons in V13? A: This entirely depend on whether V13 takes long enough to finish that the 2nd DLC pack also has come out by the time we can release. Otherwise, the mons will either be added in with a patch, or will get added in V14 instead. We haven't settled on the matter in that regard. Q: Will Battle Bond Greninja ever become available? A: No. Q: Is there gonna be a community incentive to do the shinies for Gen 8? A: No, sorry! The dev team did the shinies already, so there won't be a community effort to make them. Q: Will we get the Mega Z ring through story or a long sidequest? A: Story! There's been some confusion about it, but we'd like to put emphasis on that you'll obtain it through the story in V13 and isn't locked behind a long sidequest.

sir that's fucking weird don't do that

Nope! Gmax/Dmax and their special moves won't be added as a mechanic, the special Gmax mons will be implemented as custom megas instead. And thank YOU for your kind words and patience!

Not to be a party pooper again but I think I've asked before if the theorycrafting could be moved to separate topics instead. This thread's been getting off topic quite a bit recently, so it'd be appreciated!

why do y'all keep asking what's gonna be in v13? LOL you'll see when the time comes, be patient young grasshoppers

Honestly I don't see a problem with it, but I'm not really too familiar with the taboos within the world of writing. I personally think it's fine as I've seen people cross-post from elsewhere on other sites too.

New character art for Melia (2nd appearance), Rorim B, Crawli, Angie, Texen, Amber, Tesla, Crescent and Prof. Jenner has been added!

The Terajuma arc characters have their art finished! This time we're taking a look at Melia's 2nd appearance, Rorim B, Crawli, Angie, Texen (ugh), Amber, Tesla, Crescent and Jenner. As you can see, Rorim B finally got a finalized design and will have redone battle and VS sprites to reflect these changes to his appearance in V13! Next to that, this is the first time you're getting a proper look at what Crescent looks like. now, for a quick Q&A! Q: Did you deliberately make Rorim B look like a fashion disaster? A: absolutely. no i do not take criticism, let him be the horribly embarrasing disco dad he is, thank you for coming to my ted talk ok thank u for coming to my q&a, as per usual you can find all of the art back along with bonus icons and a link to all of the full resolution artwork in the official art thread!

well i GUESS i could post this here too instead of just on discord more are on the way! gotta do another 4 and then this batch is done too yeah i'm. totally not putting off other rejuv work because i have brainrot and i decided it's a good idea to do more official art anyways instead of working on the gmax sprites or anything, haha,,

Dynamaxing will not be added to the game! This has been confirmed earlier in the thread, instead we're adding the special Gmax mons as custom megas into the game.

Oh, for sure! This'll be my umpteenth time playing through the game (I honestly lost count how many times I've gone through the game by now LOL), but it's a necessary thing due to both QoL changes to past areas being in need of testing, balancing of the major fights and generally wanting to have some gen 8 mons on my team throughout the game to see how they fare in the game.

Everything's being re-balanced to include Gen 8, so this also includes the teams of past gym leaders!

Not stressed, it's just really annoying when he's done this four times now and ignored my previous statement towards him lol. That being said, a request from us to everyone in the thread; as much as we like seeing your theorycrafting and speculation, do you guys mind moving those discussions to separate threads? The important updates keep getting buried under a lot of discussion that could easily go into its own topic, so it'd be appreciated if you could move them to new threads!

No, we're not gonna add that. Please stop asking for us to add things to the game, most of your ideas you've suggested so far are unrealistic, unbalanced or simply not doable and therefore will not be added. We don't need your input on what we should or shouldn't add.

the what now And also a general request, please stop asking for us to add features to the game (your "you know what would be cool if they added [thing]" posts), we decide this stuff on our own and some of them are unrealistic suggestions, especially the story split stuff for older game content.

You... Really don't have to be this aggressive towards others, you know. It's rude as hell lol, you don't have to tell people off when I already explained the situation + it's not your job to do so.

Sorry but V13 is still very heavily a work in progress! We won't be able to give you an estimate unfortunately. There's just too many outside factors weighing into progression that prevents us from doing so.